Guidelines to implement medical examiner/coroner-based surveillance for fatal infectious diseases and bioterrorism ("Med-X")

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 308-312

  Nolte, Kurt B ^a   Fischer, Marc ^b   Reagan, Sarah ^b   Lynfield, Ruth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

autopsy; biological terrorism; forensic pathology; infectious diseases; medical examiner; mortality; pathology; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CORONER; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AUTOPSY; BIOTERRORISM; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650517132     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181c187b5     Document Type: Article

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